Garment



May 14, 1935. E. DONALDSON 2,000,898-

GARMENT A Filed Nav.l 1o, 1952 Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED STATES 2.0mmv l PATENT OFFICE GAEMENT Eleanor Donaldson, Minneapolis, mnn. Application November 10, 1932, Serial No. 841,961 s' claim. (ci. z zzs) This invention relates to a garment and while the invention is applicable to various inner and outer garments, it is illustrated as applied to an under garment.

It is well known that when a garment is worn which nts with is not sumcient material to accommodate the bending, the garment will bind on the body and cause discomfort. v

It has been the usual practice to cut the back oi the garments for the lower part oi' the ilgure longer than the iront, in order to give the wearer the wearer of such erect, thereis an apparent excess of material in the back oi' the garment that many people tlnd objectionable. This excess of material, of course,

It is a further object of the invention to rovide a garment made of material which has an appreciable stretch in one direction. such as material, which garment has arranged sothat lseveral views, and in knee being arranged vertically in the nonstretchable direction of the material.

It is a still further object of the invention to mentioned direction.

It is still'another object oi' the invention to provide waist portion and leg po ions whichsextend stretch thereof, while the portion in the rear of the leg in the vicinityv oi' the knee is arranged vertically in the direction of non-stretch of the material. y

These and other objects and the in vention will be fully in whiph like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the which:-

Fig. 1 is a view wearer in stooping position, showing a modication:

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the garment shown on an enlarged scale; and

Fig. 5 is a partial view in rear elevation of the garment shown on an enlarged scale. Referring to the drawing, a garment is shown comprising the waist portion lli-and leg portions Il, said garment being illustrated/.as an under drawing, substantially parallel lines represent the `,ribs of the knitted or woven material, and the material is thus quite stretchable transv ersely oi' these 55 the knee.

be put v at the rear and neither would it eeessaryto'haveanymllnessorexcesso! the rea'rci the garment. Buch a suitable for short length underwear, bloomers, and 'similar garments. l

lent o! the invention illustlted front of the garment trom aline Il to aline Il, whlchis a short distance below the knee. in

tion of gtreteh,` e

of the body and at the front portion of the body at the knee zone. It will alsobe noted that the upper portion I8 of the crotch opening is of considerable widthl and due to the fact that the material stretches readily when the body is bent, as when bending over, stooping, or sitting, there will be no binding at the crotch. The formation o! the crotch opening permits a wide movement ci the legs vand a wide separation thereof without From that applicant comiortabie garment.

the the upper aswell as the lower part called drop seat and. can

and the v knitted or woven fabric which is is bent. This is true ,both at the rear and the hip portion -ment at the rear l extendln! nnbrokenLy from the garments of all omen and children, both the piece" or combination" type. for of the body. lengths, designed The into bathing pei and similar articles oi clothing. The invention will also find ready application in various outer knitted garments, such as union suits of underwear for either men provided with what is usually called one great advantage of the is that it can be the body and yet movements bindin! of plied to or women.

ning of lesser extent than can be provided in a garment to applicants invention, as the of the material in the rear lengthen# The stretchable also leg'sens the strani the other portions ci the garment, is experienced when the isusuallyused.

been amply demonstrated in found to be very su imderstood that various in the form, details, ar-

parte, without what is claimed isz- 1. An t for women and -a continuous imbroken cl waist portion, said garment being made o! one of the garside. sid material at the front from side to side, said garportion hsvlns said material crotch to the unbro ment to the other being stretchable top of said garlt and stretchable up and down, whereb material at the rear will etretehto bendinltorwardly nnd l 9,600,803 the material at vthe waist'will Itteteh permit portions and a closed continuous waist portion, entry into said garment. said leg portions below the knee. said 2. Aviorm-iitting underkarment having leg pormaterial, which'material has an appreciable stretch in one direction but no appreciable stretch in a directional: right angles thereto, said material at the rear portion of said garment i'rom`a t line approxi- !rom iside to side, said' o! said garment from said line Just above the knee lyirom sideto sideand beingsttetchabl up and down. said material below said linel Just below the knee to the bottom oi the leg portions at the iront being stretchable from side to' side. y ELEANOR DONALDSON. 

